The iPhone App Store Generates 4X The Revenue The Android App Store

The top 200 grossing apps in iPhone's app store generated four
times as much revenue as the top 200 grossing apps in the
Android
app market, says mobile analytics company Distimo.

It also says the top apps in the iPad app
store are generating double the revenue of the Android app
market.

Distimo doesn't break out specific numbers, and didn't respond to
a request for information on the absolute numbers it estimates
for each market.

As Android continues to take smartphone market share, stats like
this are important to keep in mind. The growth in market share
only matters if Apple loses
its appeal with developers. Once it loses developers it loses its
edge in software/applications.

Once it loses the edge in applications, it really loses out. It
makes it difficult to sell phones to users. Would you
want a phone with inferior applications?

For now, Google is
totally blowing its market share lead. For some reason people
aren't paying for apps through Android. The mobile ad market is
not big enough to offset this problem, and arguably it will never
be all that big -- tiny banner ads won't work.

Unless Google figures out a way to sell more apps, or generate
more revenue for developers, Apple will remain the first choice
for developers making the best software in the world.